Institutionalized spirituality: An oxymoron?

Handbook of Workplace Spirituality and Organizational Performance

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 44-58

  Ashforth, Blake E ^a   Pratt, Michael G ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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